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Kawase Hasui
Kaesōng, Korea1940

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Japanese woodblock print of a twilight scene with a stone-walled East Asian building beside a calm waterway, mountains in the distance, and small figures on a bridge and embankment

Kawase Hasui, Kaesōng, Korea, 1940, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kawase Hasui
Title
Kaesōng, Korea
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1940
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 14 5/16 × 9 9/16 in. (36.35 × 24.29 cm) Sheet: 15 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (39.21 × 26.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda
Accession Number
M.73.37.213
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Brown, Kendall H. Light in Darkness: Women in Japanese Prints of Early Shōwa (1926-1945). Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 1996.
Copyright
© Estate of Kawase Hasui

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